10/22/2026
I’ve been sharing my Buell ownership experience on the Bike-urious website and a couple of weeks ago a reader sent me an email saying that he had some “tips and tricks” about the XB12 platform.
Even better, he specifically owned a XB12Ss (Lightning Long) just like me, and he impressively had over 87,000 miles on it so I figured he knew what he was talking about!
I’ll share his advice soon but in the meantime, super special thanks to William Mateer II for working around my schedule as I’ve been on the road a bit but he was able to meet me in the couple of days I was back in town after racing at Barber and before flying to Australia for MotoGP.
He doesn’t just have good taste in bikes, he’s got great taste in clothing - his shirt seemed very appropriate seeing that VyVy Nguyen are going to be in Cairns in just a few days!
Thanks again, Bill! Excited to implement what you suggested and keep putting miles on this thing!
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